NEW YORK — After a collision in left field knocked him out of Game 5, the Yankees' Aaron Hicks underwent an MRI on his left knee and told reporters that his season is over. Hicks estimates that he’ll be out six weeks.
“I am extremely disappointed,” Hicks said. “This is something special, I wanted to be on the field, fighting with my teammates and being a part of it.”
Hicks left Game 5 of the Yankees’ ALDS against the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday afternoon in the third inning after a collision with Oswaldo Cabrera and Josh Donaldson trying to catch a shallow fly ball hit by Steven Kwan. With the Yankees up 4-0 and Nestor Cortes trying to finish the inning, Cortes got Kwan to pop up to shallow left field. Shortstop Cabrera called it off but third baseman Donaldson and Hicks, the left fielder, were already charging toward the line. Cabrera and Hicks collided, with the latter going down with an injury. The ball was deflected and Kwan reached on a single to put two on with two out.
